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Show LEHI COULDN'T WIN BUHAN WHINE The following Is tho kind of "whining "whin-ing dopo" I.cIiI'h correspondents nre sending out to tho dally ppr.ers. They nro making tho bullets and trying to havo American Fork fire them. It's tho usual thing If Ihl does not win nil games, thero Is something wrong-Incompetent wrong-Incompetent umpiring; our boys wero sick, or wo wero cheated. Hut read for yourself tho stuff they nro sending, out on tho lnBt game: "I.ehl, Jnn. 27 numors that tho lenguo basketball gamo played last Friday night between Ijchl and Pleas-nnt Pleas-nnt Grovo High schools would be protested pro-tested by Amoilcan Fork High school, on tho ground of Incompetent officiating, offici-ating, aro afloat In this division of tho Stale High School Haskctbnll league. Tho official In the much discussed confab wero Richards, former Pleasant Groo High school player and n broth er of tho Pleasant Grovo star forward and Robert Plxton, former Ynlo ViPtlal holder In football, punting, who halls from tho II. A. C. Tho charges to be referred to Wlllnrd Ashton, arbitrator for tho Utah High School Athletic association, as-sociation, will bo conccntrntcd against the Plcnsnnt Grove man. Mysterious Fouls. Numerous fouls, which nobody who snw the gamo seems to understand, wero called upon tho lchl team while II was working to mnlntnln Its w oil-established oil-established lead In the game, say tho American Fork followers who saw tho contest. They maintain thnt section I of rulo G of thu official basketball rules for 1910-20 providing for n disinterested dis-interested rofuroc, wns violated. Pleasant Pleas-ant Grovo, by reason of u tuimbcr of fouls called on l.ehl during tho Inst few mtnutcH of play, was nblo to push out ono point to tho merry, ncccrdlng to tho official .scoro. Practically every other sroro card In tho place gave Ijeht tho gamo, 23 to 22. Coach "Happy" Holmstcnd'H team from Amerlcnn Foik would have en-Joyed en-Joyed seeing IajIiI cop tho victory. Hy so doing Amerlcnn Fork would have Kono Into a tlo with I.ehl and Pleas ant Grovo for first place. Tho Fork-ers Fork-ers nro confident of trimming Plcnsnnt Plcns-nnt Groo In a return gnmo at Amor-lean Amor-lean Folk next weok nnd hope to uoso I.ehl nut when thu two runners-up runners-up for the title meet Friday nt l.ehl. Pleasant Grove's win, howovor, puts her a bit to tho good for tho championship cham-pionship In this section. Otllrlnl Referee HI "Hobby" Richardson of tho Hoscrct gymnasium whs to havo acted ns arbitrator arbi-trator during this lmportnnt gamo. Ho was taken 111, and no neutral substl-tuto substl-tuto could bo secured In tlmo. Tho two teams decided to lot Richards ref-reo ref-reo for ono half nnd Plxton tho other, and each nltornntlng ns umpire. Plxton Plx-ton took tho first half, calling flvo fouls on each team. Richards began to specialize on the Purplo and White team In tho second canto, nnd tho troublo begnn, says the protesting faction. fac-tion. Mr. Plxton admitted after tho game that tho officiating of the Pleasant Grove man was loo intricate for him to follow. '.Yhetlicr Lchl or tho Pleasant Grove team had won tho game wart the big question when tho final gong sounded. Tho official score had It 24 to 23 for tho Invaders, while practically every other card read 23 to 22 for Lchl. Tho gamo Is now history so far as the local school Is concerned." |
